Happy New Year!

So welcome to 2007. We had a rough ending to 2006 but things seem to be getting back to normal. Poor Gabe developed an ear infection just before Thanksgiving and it's seemed to hang around. The week before Christmas when we were back at the drs for one of our many rechecks, we discovered that Gabe had a wheeze in his chest so we started breathing treatments. By the next day I had decided to take him back because his breathing had gotten so labored. He was put on a steriod and we upped the frequency of his treatments to every 4 hours. Oh, and after Christmas Daddy and I both came down with some kind of achey fever flu like something. So THAT part was just not fun.

But Christmas was wonderful! Gabe got a ton a stuff and he is just getting big enough to enjoy it all. He woke us up at 6:30 am on Christmas morning, just like an anxious little boy is supposed to. Guess he knows more about it than he is letting on!

We spent Christmas Eve with Grammy and Pop and Aunt April and Uncle Ty and Jessie and Eli. We opened all sorts of neat gifts, from fun little wooden puzzles, which Gabe loves, to a fancy leather recliner, just the right size for a little 16 month old feller.

Santa Claus did make an appearance on Christmas morning bringing a DVD player so Gabe can watch his favorite Baby Einstein movies on the go, a cool 18 wheeler, and even a little minature guitar. He likes to sit in his recliner and play his guitar, just like Daddy.

On Wednesday we headed to Nana and Pa's to spend Christmas with them and Aunt Mary and Uncle Jason, Jamie and JB, and Grandma. Gabe had a blast playing with Jamie and JB. There was one night when I thought it would be next to impossible to get him to go to bed because he was so wound up after chasing Jamie all over the house! He really had a great time with his cousins.

Here are a few pictures so you can see how wonderful our Christmas was! We all hope you had a perfectly wonderful one too!

Dontcha just love the jammies!?!?

Just like Daddy...

In my hat that Pa gave me...

And then...